8 Ways to Get Freelance Jobs out of Freelance Marketplaces

Freelance jobs were the first online income source of my life. I got my first job on SEO at Upwork. Upwork is one of the best freelance marketplaces for every industry freelancers. Though I started my freelancing jobs through freelance marketplaces, I’ve become successful in freelancing to get freelance jobs out of freelance marketplaces.

Why Had I Taken The Decision To Get Freelance Jobs Out Of Freelance Marketplaces?

This is a crazy question, as maximum freelancers have been looking for jobs in marketplaces.

But many Ultra type freelancers never create just an account in marketplaces, do you know?

And they are making couple thousands of US dollars every single week or month.

So why are you depending only on marketplaces for finding jobs?

I’m describing some important reasons why should you look for freelance jobs out of freelance marketplaces.

There has a bigger ocean of freelance jobs than marketplaces.

Maximum buyers have no knowledge about marketplaces and they want to hire a remote worker. It’s a great way to get jobs directly from company’s owner.

If you get a job from the company’s owner, it may be permanent for you, if you’re able to provide good service and become satisfied him/her.

As every company’s owner become always busy with company management, so they will not waste their valuable time to hire another new one.

On the other hand, in freelance marketplaces, maximum jobs have been posting from the different agency and other freelancers.

It’s important to think of matter that no one agency will not pay you over without keep of its profit.

For example, an agency has taken about $2000 for a project from a company’s owner, but it’ll be completed by you within $500-$700 or less money.

So, if you are able to take the project from the company’s owner, you’ll be able to charge high working rate for the project.

But you need to explain about the project cost perfectly to the client. Because they have no idea about marketplace rate for the project.

After successfully completing the project, you can apply for your payment to your client. If they are able to send the payment instantly, you’ll be to use the money instantly.

In marketplaces, you need to wait a few days for available to withdraw the money.

For example, if you complete hourly based jobs at Upwork, you must wait 10 days for money available to withdraw after completing a weekly hourly task.

As you don’t need to use any platform (marketplaces) for working, so you don’t need to pay any commission for anything. All payment will be of your own.

Freelancing means freedom occupation. Are you actually freedom in marketplaces?

Every marketplace has some hard rules. If anyway you break them, your freelancer account may be suspended.

One common rule has every top freelance marketplace that is client satisfaction.

If any time client angry with you, and report to support, it’ll be very harmful to account and next job getting.

Every marketplace is more careful about both the client than the freelancer.

So, you’re not total freedom in marketplaces.

Is It Money Safe To Work Out Of Freelance Marketplaces?

I think that you’re very confused about payment security. It’s a common matter for out of marketplaces.

It’s 100% real, that professional and honest client never scams with you if you’re able to complete the project successfully.

For example, From my personal life, When I hire any freelancer from out of freelance marketplaces and they are able to complete my project successfully based on my requirements, I pay them instantly or very soon.

Why should I scam with them? If I scam with them about payment, it means that I must lose my valuable worker for next time.

How Can You Find Out Honest Buyers?

Now, it’s your question how can I find out honest client and take payment safely?

If you follow my own proven techniques whose I use for finding the honest client, I hope that you’ll also be a success.

It’s very easy to learn details of any person now a day by Google simple searching. For example, I want to know about “Alexander De Ridder”.

This Google search has shown me all internet published information of Alexander De Ridder.

After researching the results, I’ve found some great information about Alexander De Ridder.

He is a Co-founder of EdgyLabs. And also find something that he has a working team for his agency which provides SEO service, Site Technical Support, Website Design and Development, Artificial Intelligent, and others. A lot of information of his is proving that he is a professional and may be honest.

Sometimes, you can find out your right client this way. You can take something or full advance payment for the project before starting the work.

For the client payment verifying, also you can complete a short task from the client. If the client pays you after completing the task, then you can continue your work.

I hope that you’ll able to choose the right one if you’re an intelligent and skillful worker.

I’m going to show you 8 Best ways get freelance jobs out of Freelance Marketplaces.

1#. Get Freelance Jobs Via Your Website

Personal Website is an awesome method of representing a person or business online. It’s a great thing for a freelancer for building their brand to get jobs.

The maximum client who wants to hire freelancer directly, they search in Google for their targeted services provider.

For example, one client needs an SEO expert for his business website, so he is searching in Google by “SEO expert, SEO services provider “keywords and get some web links which provides SEO services.

If you’re an SEO Service provider and able to get places for those keywords in search results, then you’ve got a good chance to get the job from the client.

So, you need to make a personal website that contains your professional information and help you to rank for your services selling related keywords.

A great example of a personal website, that provides Freelance Growth Hacking and Content Marketing services.

He has created Hire Me page in his site so that client can hire him easily.

And also you can use your website as your working portfolio for showing your previous working experience, and then you’ll able to share with your targeted client or social media sites.

If a client sees your portfolio site, It’ll become you more trusted to the client.

You can start blogging on your working industry niche on your website. Give problem solution types of articles in your blog site and get your targeted audience, it’ll build your branding that you’re an expert to solve those problems.

For example, you’re an SEO expert. Many webmasters are facing problem to recover Google penalty of their site. So, you can write content on “How to recover from Google penalty “

If you have a skillful working team, then you should create an agency website for your services selling.

If every top-level freelancer has a personal website for getting jobs, then why are you waiting for making your own site?

# 2. Get Freelance Jobs Via Linkedin

Linkedin is a great social media for professional. Actually, 99.9% internet based companies and their employees have profiles in it.

So, you can connect with the company’s owner very easily.

For engaging any client to you in Linkedin, you need to create a professional looking profile on it.

Don’t you have a professional Linkedin profile?

So, don’t worry. I’m giving you steps-by-steps guideline on How to create an awesome and professional LinkedIn profile. Read this post

3 Best Ways To Get Jobs From LinkedIn

(I). Get Jobs To Connect With Your Industry People

You can get jobs from your industry leading people. There have many people who have become already great successes in your work niche industry and also they have huge projects, but they have not enough time to complete all projects on time.

So, they are always looking for skillful partners.

How can you connect with them?

As maximum IT professional have a LinkedIn profile, so, you can easily connect with them.

For example, I want to connect with SEO experts of specific any country like Australia.

So, I’ve searched in LinkedIn search bar by “SEO expert” keyword and selected Australia from the country option.

After connecting with them, you should send a message directly to them like it.

As I work for SEO, so I can send them.

“Hi Jhon,I’m a professional SEO expert and have 5 years over experience in this industry. I’m able to rank any site with the guarantee. Can you give me an opportunity to work with you or in your company?”

(2) . Get Jobs From Linkedin Jobs Posting Page

Linkedin also has Jobs board. Here anyone can submit a job offer for him or her company.

Step 1: Make An Incredible Profile

Professional look type of profile is essential for engaging the client in IG that makes you incredible to them.

Because, many scammers have available online, so trusting is very important for getting jobs on Instagram.

For making your profile professional, you should do the following things.

• Add a real picture of your own in profile.

Someone avoid it, but it’s very important to engage any person first look. “Vishnu.k.Achari” has added his personal image with the smile.

• Add your working niche title which you’re passionate about.

For example, your profession may be Digital Marketing, but you’re passionate about SEO.

So, you need to put that in your profile.

Fijoy works mostly on SEO and his passion about the thing it. So, He has added it.

• Add your personal website for becoming you more incredible and learning more about you from your site.

If you have a site, you should add that. Or you don’t have, I highly suggest creating a site today. He has added his personal website in profile.

• Share some images of your personal work which you have already done or relevant images from Google.

It’ll help your profile make more professional.

Step 2: Find A Targeted Company And Send A Message

One of the best ways for getting jobs from Instagram that is to contact with companies directly. As tons of companies have been trying to establish the business in online, they are looking for a worker for helping them.

The maximum number of the non established company just have an Instagram account without anything.

So if you knock them about their business website design or Digital Marketing, and other services providing, you’ll get more response.

Firstly, you need to find out the companies IG profiles, then research and contact.

Go in the Instagram search bar and type like this

“#YourTargetedLocation YourTargetedBusinessKeyword”

For example, I want to find out dental niche companies from Texas in the USA.

So I’ve searched by “#Texas dental” And I’ve found some companies which have an only simple profile without additional anything.

For example, “ texasdentalclinic” have no website for this business.

As I provide Web design and Digital Marketing services, I can send a direct message it, Like this.

Hi Jhon,

I’ve given some time on your business and found that you don’t have a website for it. A website is very essential for any business now a day which helps your business to reach more customers and become incredible.

My passion is to help new companies with my advance Digital Marketing strategies for establishing as an online business. I’ve been providing reliable Web design and Digital Marketing service with reasonable price. If you want, then I’ll work for you as my own business.

If you have any question, please feel free ask me. I’m waiting for your great reply.

Regards,Asifur

I’ve just given an example of message writing, but you should write personally for your work niche.

#6. Get Freelance Jobs Via Craigslist

Craigslist is another popular source of getting jobs. Here have jobs posting option. So many client post jobs here who know about it. You can take chance to get freelance jobs out of freelance marketplaces here.

Craigslist is one kind of Classified ads site. There have tons of Classified ads posting sites. So, you can look at other sites like it.

#7. Get Freelance Jobs Via Youtube

It’s a crazy topic that we use Youtube for video searching or watching, not for jobs. And also it’s no place for getting jobs.

Now your question, how can I get jobs via Youtube?

If you try my personal techniques, I hope that you’ll be engaged by many clients for jobs.

I create tutorial and problems solution types of videos depending on my work industry. I rank them for some specific keywords or share in social media.

For example, I work for the SEO industry, so I can create a short tutorial about “How to recover websites from Google Penalty”

When anyone faces the problem of Google Penalty, they search in Google or Youtube for solution guidelines, if they are not expert on plenty removing.

End the time of video you can give an offer that you’ve been providing service of the problem solved with reliable price.

And also you can put your contact details in the video description for buying the service if anyone needs.

This way I’ve been getting high rated new client every month.

#8. Get Freelance Jobs Via Forums

Forums sites are another great source for getting Freelance jobs out of the freelance marketplace.

Though I had gotten my first freelance job from Upwork, I got my second job from a forum. That’s Digitalpoint forum. It’s really helped me to change my life.

You need to find out your niche relevant forum.

Do you know? How to find niche relevant forum sites? It’s very simple.

Just go to Google and type “your niche keyword + forums”

For example, I want to search forums for SEO

Though Two ways I get jobs from forums sites.

One is my informative and problem solution Type posts and other is from buy-sell forum topic.

Join forums and start to write contents on niche topics. Try to write problems solution types of contents. It’ll increase your brandy that you’re an expert on the task.

I hope that you’ll get many new clients this way.

Some popular forums have services buy sell topic. There you can create your selling offers and also many clients create services buying for their business.

For example, Digital Point forum have services Buy Sell Option.

You can apply for jobs by Private Massage (PM) to clients’ profiles or reply the thread…

Conclusion

Above all, I’ve just shared my personal techniques to get jobs out of freelance marketplaces whose I used. But it’s not guaranteed that all techniques will work best for you.

Also, you can discover your own techniques and try every day. A personal w0ebsite is a very essential thing for you if you want to get jobs out of freelance marketplaces.

If you already have a site, you should rank or market that for your work industry-specific keywords by SEO. Or you don’t have a personal website yet, I think you should create a site as soon as possible.